. Bicentenary of Benjamin Franklin's birth, January seventeen, nineteen hundred and six. By the Town of Frnnldin, Mass. ^3. FRANKLIN is centrally located on liiKi. level kuul, 27miles from Boston, on the main line of the MidlandDivision, of the N. N. H. & H. R. R., with branch-es in one direction 20 miles to Providence, and theother connecting with theN. Y. Central R. R. The Milford, Attleboro,Franklin and Woonsocketand the Norfolk Westernelectric lines give frequentcommunications b e t w e e nthese centers and also be-tween Franklin and Bostonand the smaller surround-ing towns. The former
. Bicentenary of Benjamin Franklin's birth, January seventeen, nineteen hundred and six. By the Town of Frnnldin, Mass. ^3. FRANKLIN is centrally located on liiKi. level kuul, 27miles from Boston, on the main line of the MidlandDivision, of the N. N. H. & H. R. R., with branch-es in one direction 20 miles to Providence, and theother connecting with theN. Y. Central R. R. The Milford, Attleboro,Franklin and Woonsocketand the Norfolk Westernelectric lines give frequentcommunications b e t w e e nthese centers and also be-tween Franklin and Bostonand the smaller surround-ing towns. The former company owns Hoag L,ake where itmaintains free pleasure groiuulswith numerous attractions. This linealso runs to Lake Pearl and ArchersLake, two of the most picturesquelakes in New England, which givethe pul)lic attracti\-e oiiting placesfor a five cent fare. Franklin is a thriving, ener-getic, modern town, with all the re-cent advances in the line of superiorschools, good streets and roads,electric lights and sewerage sj-stem,well kept sidewalks, free local and rural mail facilities, abund-ant water supply and b
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